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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. Why should we believe the judge’s orders will be followed? If Elon and to a lesser extent, Treasury secretary, still want Elon to access the data, they will.
  2. I was talking to an acquaintance who I believe voted for Trump 3x due to “economic issues.” She’s fairly senior at a business/tech consulting firm which mainly works in the O&G space. They have very little exposure to federal contracts. I was asking her of the fall out for the consulting firms who are dependent on federal contracts. I let her work thru the logic that at the macro level that those firms will pivot to the private industry consulting. And at the micro level, the DOGE impact will flood her market and level with very experienced people. Why pay her mid-high 6 figures when similar experienced people will settle for half that.
  3. Not to mention that as fewer and fewer people buy new teslas, Tesla will have no choice but to either drastically lower manufacturing or slash new vehicle prices. Dropping manufacturing is drastic so lower prices would be the first option. If new cars drop 10%, that will push used vehicles prices even more.
  4. As acts of vandalism rise with Teslas, the cost of insuring a Tesla will too. Insurance companies will calculate expected increases of replacing windshields or repainting, so even if a owner’s Tesla is ok in the garage, money will be flowing out of their pocket books. as for Tesla dealerships itself, they will have costs going up with more security and higher insurance costs. Or higher repair overhead if they self insure.
  5. It wouldn’t surprise me if Tesla owners start seeing their cars surprisingly modified, like a broken windshield, when they have it in a parking lot or garage. As the fed govt cuts spending, it ultimately leads to private companies cutting jobs. Guy loses his job, walks out of a bar and sees a shiny model 3 next to his car. Doesn’t take much for the nearby rock to crack a windshield. Or walk by a Tesla, and a house key puts a long scratch down the side. vandalism is wrong but people will take their anger out on teslas. There’s a reason people in Michigan didn’t buy Japanese cars in the 70s-90s. no one cares that you like to keep cars forever and that it predates Elon’s public nazism. Your wife is supporting Elon and his actions by driving the model 3. Its that simple.
  6. Every day I’m thinking less and less of someone who drives a Tesla. Yes I understand getting rid of it does nothing to financially hurt Elon. And may financially impact the car owner. However at some point you have to decide what is more important, your morals or a few dollars. and from a practical standpoint the Tesla market may dry up soon. today could be a good day to sell a Tesla while there are buyers who are paying current market prices. In a year if not months, very few may want it.
  7. Very telling that many of the ICE raids are occurring at schools and work places. If you needed to round up American citizens, for whatever reason, I assume that a work place would be one of the last places to find Americans.
  8. Why are you in prison? I defrauded an innkeeper.
  9. Late reply on my part but this is the goal. There is a conservative movement that we should eliminate public schools. This allows for lower taxes and more religious schools.
  10. You’re weird. Do you bookmark every thing or everyone that you hold a grudge about. I’m glad that I have more going on with my life to not fixate on every comment that I disagree with.
  11. I get sick of the left taking the high road. Michelle Obama was completely wrong in her famous quote. Whenever referring to Nancy Mace, the left should refer to as Representative DEI admission. Put it back in her face that she needed the courts to allow her into the Citadel. And when the GOP chair admonishes them, remind the chair that they're only stating facts.
  12. Genius. Designed and produced by ivanka by her outsourcing it to a Chinese manufacturer. Then she can sell it for a 75% markup but actually do zero work.
  13. Developer-in-chief. Aka DIC.
  14. I see going with a HELOC as an unnecessary risk. If a house is almost paid off or even paid off, why go backwards. I know some argue that there’s no reason to ever get out of debt and find methods to push taxes indefinitely. Grant cardone comes to mind. This can work until it doesn’t, and then the cards fall. In 2008 many had their HELOC loan immediately due because the property value plummeted. i also see little value in becoming a one house landlord. Either it becomes a lot of work for the owner, or the property mgr takes the profit. If I was in that situation and I wanted to live somewhere else, sell the property and buy the next house for cash. Or a small mortgage.
  15. Feel for Palestinian-Americans who voted for Harris and those in Gaza. Fuck those who voted against Harris because of “genocide.”
  16. They showed Cuban by giving him $3.5b and he still owns 1/4 of the team.
  17. State taking over USAID via Liltle Marco as the temporary leader of USAID may be the best option. If USAID was out there by itself, Elon would have worked to crush it since he was the only person talking to Trump about it. Marco might be able to convince Trump to keep it. Remember, the last person to speak to Trump usually wins. But that also means that Elon will be at the WH or talking to Trump every night. As for the EPA note... This is a fear tactic to convince EPA employees to take the buyout offer. Take 6 months paid or get fired next week. Seems like an easy choice but I would still hold out.
  18. Actually I think USAID is an independent agency at least in terms that they don't (didn't) have a cabinet secretary that they reported to. They most likely worked closely with State and the NSC, but they didn't officially report to them.
  19. Any incoming President should start suing media and social media companies upon their election. You could easily pocket $100M, if those companies truly believe that you would blackball them from the WH. You would probably have to do so to at least one. And for companies it's worth the cost of admission and access to the President. I just don't understand how the courts can claim any of this legal and normal.
  20. I hear you. I'm getting to the point that my mortgage balance is ~$100,000, and it's at 2.6%. The spread between what I can earn from that 100K versus what I pay in mortgage interest is becoming less and less material. Focusing on the small amounts can distract you from the larger amounts. Now if someone has a 800K mortgage @ 2.6% that is different. I'm rapidly saving to pay it off but not making early payments yet. Some personal finance videos have shown me that worrying about the small amounts isn't worth it. For example someone who earns >$250K and they talk about financing their new $2K sofa because the furniture store offers them 18 months no interest. Even assuming they make all of their payments on time, why deal with the hassle. In that scenario who cares about what you can earn from that $2K. To be clear, I'm not some Dave Ramsey anti-debt person but I can understand that as you get older, there are fewer reasons to carry debt. But I understand reasons others do, and I have zero problem with that.
  21. I agree about not paying off a <3% mortgage except when moving into retirement. Even if manageable in retirement, I can see it better that someone’s primary home is paid off.
  22. We have unlimited energy potential. Biden dropped O&G production by 97%. Aren’t you keeping up? 😂
  23. Nytimes article on how the weight loss drugs can lead to negative impact on relationships. https://archive.ph/YsMBh (Free link) made since that it can affect both people in a relationship when one loses a significant amount of weight.
  24. Europe has much stronger memories of a previous dictator growing into a much larger problem because he wasn’t taken care of early enough. I know talk of a hot war is premature because I believe that Canada would eventually lower the temps by giving Trump something.
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